Africa DevOps Day 2017

Africa DevOps Day is a great example of collaboration and knowledge-sharing across companies, and in true DevOps style aims to break down silos. It has been organised every year as a collaborative effort across some of the largest financials institutions in South Africa as a platform to share experiences and learning. The theme this year … Continue reading Africa DevOps Day 2017

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*

I've been quite bad with my Audible this year. My aim to get through a book a month isn't going too well... until I stumbled across this book (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*CK) and listened to it in under two weeks!  I was a bit sceptical at first, I thought this might … Continue reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*

Sketchnoter’s Guide to Innovation in Project Management

I had the privilege of being invited to the Project Management South Africa (PMSA) conference last year to sketchnote for leaders in online education, GetSmarter. The theme of the conference was “Harnessing the Power of Innovation” - a pressing topic in the project management industry both in South Africa and abroad. There were exceptional speakers … Continue reading Sketchnoter’s Guide to Innovation in Project Management

Smart Growth – What we need in the face of 0% GDP

This conference was organised by our company, IQ Business, and was one of the most inspirational conferences I have been to - it truly makes me proud to be South African. Although it's a contentious issue, there is a lot we can do to stimulate growth in our economy and create opportunity for ourselves and … Continue reading Smart Growth – What we need in the face of 0% GDP

Failure and creativity

I'm currently listening to Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull  on Audible and absolutely loving it. I am almost finished, but couldn't wait to do a little sketchnote. There was a chapter around Failure which really resonated with me. Why are we so scared of failure? Where did this fear come from? How do we deal with … Continue reading Failure and creativity